Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo LS-WTGL/R1 User manual

User Manual

LS-WTGL/R1

LinkStation Pro Duo

www.buffalotech.com

v2.2

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Introduction

Congratulations on your new LinkStation Pro Duo. This user manual is intended to assist

you in conguring it.

Because we’re constantly updating our products, the images and text in this manual may vary

slightly from the images and text displayed by your LinkStation. These changes are minor

and should not affect the ease of setup adversely. As time passes, future user interfaces,

updated software, and later versions of this manual may be freely available for download at

our web site www.buffalotech.com.

If you run into difculties or need additional help, feel free to contact our technical support.

Contact information for Buffalo Technology and our technical support is available on pages

66 and 67.

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Table of Contents

Back Panel Layout ............................................................4

Installation .......................................................................5

Power Mode Switch ...........................................................8

Using your LinkStation with a PC .....................................9

Using your LinkStation with a Mac .................................13

Add Additional Hard Drives ............................................17

Using the Function Button .............................................18

Advanced Settings ..........................................................20

Network Settings .............................................................24

Disk Management ...........................................................26

Shared Folders ................................................................32

Groups ........................................................................... 36

Users ..............................................................................37

Passwords .......................................................................38

WebAccess ......................................................................39

Installing a Printer .......................................................... 43

Troubleshooting Multiple Shares..................... ................ 48

Backups .........................................................................50

Maintenance & Notication .............................................54

System Status ................................................................59

Client Utility ...................................................................64

Troubleshooting .............................................................. 66

Specications ..................................................................67

Contact Information (USA) ..............................................68

Contact Information (Europe) .........................................69

GPL Information ............................................................. 68

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Back Panel Layout

Function Button

USB Port 1

Power Switch

Ethernet Cable

(to router)

USB Port 2

Power Cable

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Insert the LinkNavigator CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

On a PC, setup should automatically launch. If it does not, manually

launch setup.exe by pressing Start and selecting the Run... option.

When the Run dialog opens, type d:\LSnavi.exe (where d is the drive

letter of your CD-ROM drive). Press OK to continue.

Installation

If you are installing the software on a Mac, open the CD and click

LinkNavigator to begin installation.

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Press the Begin Installation button to begin.

LinkNavigator Setup

If you’re installing on a PC, click on Easy Setup (the pink,

upper button). Mac users can skip this step.

Click Next to step through the installation.

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LinkNavigator Setup

The wizard will step you through installation. Follow the

directions on each screen and continue pressing Next to step

through the installation.

When installation is complete, you may close the installation

window.

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Power Mode

The “Power Mode” switch on the back of the unit

has three positions: “Auto”, “On”, and “Off”. The

“Auto” position automatically powers the unit on or

off based with your PC. If your PC is turned on the

LinkStation will power up; if the PC is turned off

the LinkStation will power down.

You must have installed the NAS Navigator software

on your PC for this feature to work. Otherwise, if

you move the switch to “auto”, your unit will power

down by itself and you will have to manually turn it

back on.

Also note that the unit needs to be powered on if

you want to use the Web Access feature. When

using Web Access, it is best to leave the Power

Mode switch set to “On”.

Move the switch to the “Off” position to turn the

LinkStation off. It will take about 35 seconds to

shut down. Do not unplug or interrupt power to

the unit until shutdown is complete and all LEDs

are off.

Power

Mode

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Two new icons will be on your desktop: Shortcut for LinkStation and

Buffalo NAS Navigator.

Clicking Shortcut for LinkStation takes you directly to the folders on

your LinkStation. Share is the main folder that you can put les and

folders in. Info contains a copy of your user manual.

The Buffalo NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkStation’s client utility.

Turn to page 62 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.

Using your LinkStation with a Windows PC

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To Access LinkStation Data from a PC:

Your LinkStation uses “shares” (folders) to hold data. A share called “share” is already

congured on your LinkStation, and you can create additional shares in Shared Folders.

To start using your LinkStation, you can either click on the Shortcut for LinkStation on

your desktop, or you may just use drive L in My Computer, which setup has mapped to the

default share in your LinkStation.

Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC

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You can map additional driveletters to shares on your LinkStation.

From the Start menu, select Run.... Enter your LinkStation’s

hostname (if you don’t know it, you can get it from the NASnavigator

utility) or IP address. Press OK.

Your LinkStation should open. “Share” is a data folder in your

LinkStation by default. “Info” contains your user manuals. If you

have created other folders, they will be visible here too. You can map

drive letters to any of these folders.

Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC

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From the Tools pull-down menu, select Map Network Drive. Choose a drive letter from the Drive:

pull down menu. To specify the folder to map, either nd it with Browse or enter \\LinkStation_

Name\share_name in the Folder: eld, where LinkStation_Name is your LinkStation’s hostname

(page 21) and share_name is the name of a folder on your LinkStation. Check the Reconnect at

logon checkbox to have Windows connect to this mapped drive everytime it starts. When nished,

press the Finish button. Your share is now mapped to a drive letter.

Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC

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After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have two

new icons on the desktop.

The LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le contains the IP address of your

LinkStation. NAS Navigator is the LinkStation’s client utility.

With the information in the LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le, you can easily

connect to the LinkStation from any of your computers on your local

network.

The NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkStation’s client utility. See

page 64 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.

Using your LinkStation with a Mac

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You can add a link to your LinkStation’s share

folder to your desktop by adding it to the Mac’s

server list. Begin by clicking Go, and then

choose Connect to Server.

Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac

In the Server Address eld, enter your

LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb://

ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your

LinkStation’s IP address), and click Connect.

You can get your LinkStation’s IP address from

the LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le on your desktop,

or see page 16.

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Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have congured share

permissions on your LinkStation, select Registered User and enter your

login credentials.

Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac

Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share or share-mac,

from the list of folders on the LinkStation.

The share will open. A link to it will appear on your desktop.

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If you don’t know your LinkStation’s IP address, there are

several ways to get it.

One simple method is to use the NAS Navigator client utility

(included on your CD) to nd your LinkStation(s). Just click

on the icon for your LinkStation and you’ll be able to read its

IP address.

The LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le on your desktop contains the IP

address of the linkstation at the time that the setup program

was run.

You can always get the LinkStation’s IP address from your

router’s conguration utility. Many Buffalo routers list this

information on the Client Monitor page, as shown to the right.

Consult your router’s documentation for instructions on

identifying the LinkStation’s IP address.

Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac

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LinkStation Expansion

LinkStation Pro Duo has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. This port can be used for adding an

external USB Hard Drive or a USB Printer. LinkStation will share connected USB devices, allowing

everyone on the network to use them. To connect a USB hard drive to your LinkStation, simply

plug it into the USB port.

Once your USB hard drive is connected, see page 28 for conguring your LinkStation to use it.

To congure a USB printer, see page 43.

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Using the Function Button

Function

Button

The Function Button has several functions.

You can copy digital media les directly to the LinkStation

Mini from a USB storage device, such as a digital camera, USB

ash drive, or external hard disk.

1. Connect your USB device to one of the USB ports on the

LinkStation. The Function LED will glow solid blue for 60

seconds.

2. While the Function LED is still glowing blue, press the

function button.

The following folder is created automatically:

DirectCopy/pictures/yyyymmdd

where yyyy is the year, mm is the month, and dd is the day.

The following letypes will be copied for USB MSC devices:

avi, divx, asf, mpg, mpe, m1v, vob, mts, m2ts, m2t, mpeg, mpeg2, vdr, spts, tp, ts, 3gp, mov,

m4v, wmv, dvr-ms, xvid, mp4, m4v, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, tif, tiff, yuv, bmp, mp3, mpa, wma, aac,

apl, ac3, lpcm, pcm, wav, m3u, m4a, mp4, m4b, aif, aiff, ac, ogg, mp2, mp1, mp4. If the USB

device doesn’t follow the USB MSC standard, then all les will be copied.

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Initialization - You can easily bring your LinkStation back to

factory settings with the following steps.

1. Move the power switch to the ‘Off’ position. The LinkStation

will shut down after about 90 seconds.

2. While holding down the function button, move the power

switch to the ‘On’ postion. The function LED on the front of the

LinkStation will begin to ash blue.

3. While the Function LED is still ashing, hold down the

function button for six seconds.

Dismount - Before disconnecting USB devices from the LinkStation, they should be dismounted.

Hold the function button down until the function LED glows blue, and then turns off. It’s now

safe to unplug your USB device.

Note: Unplugging USB devices without dismounting them rst may corrupt your data!

Function

Button

Power

Switch

Using the Function Button

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Advanced Settings

The Conguration GUI may be accessed at any time

by typing the IP address of your LinkStation into

the URL bar of a browser running on a computer

connected to the same network as the LinkStation.

You may also open the Conguration GUI from NAS

Navigator by right-clicking on your LinkStation and

choosing Open Web Admin.

The Conguration GUI

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